PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a heavyweight MMA rules bout between Mike Tyson (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Giacomo Benvenuti (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Benvenuti is bobbing his head along to his entrance song: Machines Of Loving Grace - Golgotha Tenement Blues. Mike Tyson has a significant reach advantage - let's see if he can make it count.

Tyson
vs
Benvenuti

225 cm
25
265 lbs
2 - 0 - 0

204 cm
24
280 lbs
12 - 0 - 0

BJJ Blue Belt
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
World class boxer
Good gas tank

Conviction

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 2 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Mike Tyson!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 12 - 0 - 0, fighting out of New York, Giacomo Benvenuti!
The judges for this bout are David Schapiro, Columbo Gatti and Joseph Jones.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
Benvenuti takes a shot to the eye socket. That's gotta hurt.

It looks like Giacomo Benvenuti has been cut.
Tyson lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Benvenuti circles away quickly and effectively.
Tyson lands a slapping body shot.
Benvenuti throws a combination. Tyson tries to block but a couple of punches get through.

It looks like Mike Tyson has been cut.
Benvenuti takes a swing at Tyson's ribcage but misses.
Benvenuti has been spending a lot of time sparring his boxing in the run up to the fight, trying to sharpen up those hands and look for a knockout.
Giacomo Benvenuti seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Tyson throws a body shot but no joy.
Benvenuti displays some good footwork, moving neatly out of range as Tyson throws out the jab.
Benvenuti chopping away at his opponent's legs.
Tyson avoids the head kick by Benvenuti.
Tyson throws a right hand that Benvenuti ducks under and follows up with a left that Benvenuti also avoids with ease.

Benvenuti lands a left and a right that send Tyson crashing to the mat, dazed. Benvenuti thinks about following him to the mat but decides to wave him back up to his feet!

Tyson is rocked!
Wooooo! Give it up for these two warriors! They are putting on a show!
Tyson throws a right and a left that both miss.
Despite the aggression on Benvenuti's face he doesn't fully commit to the counter.
Tyson takes one to the side of the head.
Oh Tyson is still all over the place! His legs are completely gone! Will he be able to recover?!!
We've been told by Tyson's head coaches at The Armory $375 that he's been working on his takedown defense in preparation for this fight.
Benvenuti lunges in with swinging rights and lefts but Tyson circles away quickly and effectively.
Tyson seems to have got his legs back now.

Benvenuti darts in and clinches Tyson up against the cage.
Benvenuti connects with a nasty looking knee right to Tyson's face.
Tyson wants to break free but Benvenuti has control.
Benvenuti landing knees to the body. They look like they could hurt.
Tyson is breathing heavily.
Benvenuti lands a good knee to the midsection. Tyson won't want to take too many of those.
Benvenuti lands a body shot.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Nice body punch from Benvenuti.
A nice left hand lands by Benvenuti.
Benvenuti landing knees to the head.
Benvenuti lands a right hand.
An uppercut to the body lands inside from Benvenuti.
Benvenuti lands an uppercut.
With the fighters clinched against the cage, Benvenuti creates a bit of distance for himself and scores with a nice uppercut.
Benvenuti works on Tyson's body with a couple of short punches.
Benvenuti creates a bit of space for himself and rocks Tyson with a big uppercut! Tyson tries to clinch up but Benvenuti pushes him back against the cage and lands another monster strike that crumples Tyson to the mat! Tyson covers up and Benvenuti unloads with more strikes until the referee steps in to end the bout!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 1:32 of round 1, we have a winner by way of TKO (Punches). Giacomo Benvenuti!
During a confident post fight interview, Giacomo Benvenuti thanked all his fans. He seemed very genuine when describing how motivated his fans keep him.